The significant risk factors were identified to be the duration of diabetes and poor glycemic control. Implementation of targeted interventions for screening and management are required to reduce the risk of blindness among known diabetics in rural and tribal areas.
Keyphrases
- glycemic control
- diabetic retinopathy
- type diabetes
- risk factors
- blood glucose
- south africa
- optical coherence tomography
- weight loss
- insulin resistance
- healthcare
- primary care
- physical activity
- cardiovascular disease
- quality improvement
- convolutional neural network
- high speed
- wound healing
- high resolution
- metabolic syndrome
- genetic diversity